Car-coupling



'(No Modem 7 I A. GOBLE & J. H. MOUNTS.

GAROOUPLING. v No. 396,268.. Patented Jan. 15, .1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

ANTHONY COBLE AND JAMES H. MOUNTS, OF MONTGOMERY CITY, MISSOURI.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,268, dated January 15, 1889. Application filed Ma: 9,1888. Serial No. 273,353. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ANTHONY COBLE and JAMES H. MOUNTS, citizens of the United States, residing at Montgomery City, in the county of Montgomery and State of Missouri,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Couplin gs; and we do hereby declare the following to be. a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention is an improvement in carcouplings; and our said invention consists. in certain details of construction and arrange- I 5 ment of the parts composing the said carcoupling,whereby the cars may be coupled and uncoupled either from the top of the car or upon the ground and at either side of the car and without going between them; also the link will be automatically held and guided in proper position to enter the approaching draw-head of an opposing car.

Referring to the drawings hereto annexed and forming a part hereof, Figure l is a view in side elevation and partial section of two adjoining cars, one a high and the other a low car, supplied with a car-coupler constructed according to'our invention. Figs. 2 and 3 represent a front elevation of the high and low cars represented in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the link-guide.

A A designate the cars, and B B the draw heads thereof, which may be of any suitable or well-known form.

C is the pin, and D the link, also of the usual form.

The coupling-pin O is supported by a piece, E, through which said pin passes, which piece is slotted, as at c, Fig. 1, and is connected by 40 an angle-iron, F, to the hand-levers G and H, whose inner ends, as at 72, are pivoted to said angle-iron. Two of these levers, G, are slot-- ted, as at g, through which slots a pin, 9', passes and secures said levers to the end of the car. The outer end of these levers are formed with a hand-hold, g and said levers are so curved or bent downward as to be in ready reach of a man of short stature.

I I are detachable pins'entering sockets i 5 in the end of the car to form stops for the levers G G, and centrally of the end of the car, above the inner end of the levers G G, is a stop, J, to limit the vertical movement of the said levers, and consequently the entire withdrawal of the coupling-pin C from the drawhead is prevented.

Referring to the single lever II, it will be seen that this lever is employed only upon boxcars, so as to permit the ears to be coupled or uncoupled from the top of the car, as Well as at the ground, and this lever H is, as shown in Fig. 3, pivotally connected to the inner ends of the levers G and operates simultaneously with said levers. This lever is supplied with a stop, as at h, whereby.said lever is held in its elevated position by the engagement of a catch, 7L pivoted upon, the top of the car.

By the arrangement of the parts just described it will be seen that the cars may be coupled or uncoupled either from the top thereof or while upon the ground and at either Side and without going between the cars. Accidents to life and limb are therefore avoided.

The slots g in the levers G permit a free movement of said levers and prevent binding thereof, while the stops or pins I I hold the said levers in their adjusted position. The slot in the pieceE permits a free movement of the drawhead without injury to said piece, which would be the result were said slot not provided in said piece.

The devices described are for operating the coupling pin. To automatically hold and guide the link, the device represented inFig. at is employed, which, as there shown, is composed of a spring steel rod, K, secured at one end to the end of the car, as at k, and after being bent in an upward curve, as at k, then at rightangles to said curve, as at W, to reach 0 the front of the draw-head, said spring-rod terminates in a head, K, upon which the link rests. The top portion of this head is curved both forward and backward, as at j, for the purposes as will presently appear, and at its 5 front it is beveled to a point, as at j. As before stated, the purpose 'of this piece K K is to hold and guide the link when the cars are about to be coupled, and to accomplish which desired result the head K rests beneath the link and supports it in its proper position. As the cars come together the contact of the draw-head with the bevel or curved faces of draw-head 13, pin and link D, the of link guard and holder composed of a spring steel 15 rod K, secured at one end to the end of the ear, curved upward at k, and then at right angles at M, and head K, secured at the outer end of said spring-bar and formed with a curved top, ,and beveled end 7,as described 20 for the purposes specified.

ANTHONY COBLE. JAB'IES H. MOUNTS. \Vitnesses:

RUFUs K. SANDERS, F. M. HAYDEN. 

